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Monday, November 21, 2011

Report from Occupy Nelson

Having spoken with the camping protesters in front ofcity hall last night,they told me the city has ordered themto strike down their tipi tentunder the claim it is a firehazard. They have until 6pm tonight to do so,right when most of Nelson is eating supper and/orgoing to vote in ourcivic election.

I spoke with one young fellow who is part native whosays he will do his utmost to not allow the tipi to betaken down. We live in a place thatcontinues to deny the Sinixt Nation full Indian Status.

I say all power to these folks who are standing upfor us at city hall.They need our continued support.

Many people think The Occupy Movement is a diffuseunorganized effort.It is crystal clear to me that thecorporate state collusion in this countryhas undermined our Canadian Charter of Rights andFreedoms as well asUnited Nations Charters. Thecorporate state collusion has grown to sucha point as to become an oligarchic kleptocracy.They have made the ordinary citizen's methods ofreferendum, petitioning and voting uselesstools against the rising tides of problems associatedwith corporatehegemony which obviously include:environmental genocide, wars, poverty and racist tacticsagainst First Nations.The citizenry has littleoptions left to affect change but civil disobedienceand direct action.

The protesters worldwide are amazingly organized.In fact, when has any worldwide event occurred withso many countries involved for thislong? No sporting event, no Olympic hoorah hascaptured the involvementof so many nations forthis amount of time. Who could organize sucha thing? Collective effort can do so, has done so,and will continue to do so.

The demands are obvious. Change the laws forequitable economic, environmental, voting, andjudiciary practices. Of course, these things aredifficult for a nation to evolve into and will be ahard war to fight. However, the people have wonround one and have a lot of fight left in them.